An Irish woman has spoken out about the unbearable pressure being inflicted on young people who fall into debt of a drug dealers.

The mother, from Ennis Co. Clare has had to work two jobs to clear her son's debt and was subjected to threats and warnings that her young daughter could be targeted the whole time.

"They threatened me, they threatened my son, they threatened my [other, younger] child. They told me that if I had sexual relations with them they would take money off the debt. I’d say I have been threatened at least 40 times. At least. It’s been on my doorstep, up the town, if your son doesn’t pay up, this is what’s going to happen," she told The Clare Champion .

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Her son's preferred drug of choice was cannabis, and he racked up a debt of €2,000 at one point.

"It's awful stress, oh my God, it's awful. Even talking about it now, I'm not living through it now, but Jesus it was so hard, working two jobs paying back all the money. God it was tough, and you'd have [dealers] at the door morning, noon and night."

The mother is also of the strong belief that there are drug dealers in the Ennis area targeting secondary school students.

"Kids are still doing it. There's kids outside [a prominent Ennis school] the whole time. They might owe €20 and they'd say to a young fella in third year that they have to go selling to their friends."

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She continued: "They all think they’re great and it’s a bit of craic. But then they owe €30, which is huge if you don’t get pocket money. The next week it’s €60 and then you’re under pressure like. It might as well be €60,000 when you’re young and you’ve no means of paying it."

The mother also states that it is now easier for young people in Ennis to get access to cannabis than alcohol.

She also revealed that she was offered a discount on her son's debt in exchange for sex and that this isn't an uncommon way for girls to pay off debt.

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Young people are now frightened and being pressured to meet the demands of drug dealers.

"Twenty years ago there was a lot of ecstasy in the town, but there wasn’t pressure. If you were into the dance scene, you went and got your ecstasy, but there was no debt. This is all about debt. They want you in debt. Then they say they’ll wipe your debt of €100 if you keep something stashed in your house."